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A large, black instrument is hauled onto a ship's deck by researchers wearing hard hats and life vests.
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What the Big Picture Can Teach Us About Tiny Ocean Creatures

A 1,000-pound metal instrument—about the size of a two-seat Smart car—drops off...
March 2019
the foamy surface of the ocean
Article

Five Methods for Tracking the Ocean's Motion

From the time of Aristotle until the European Renaissance, a roughly 1,000-year...
February 2019
an oyster shell on a beach
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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

Oysters are powerhouses of water filtration. In a single day, one oyster can filter...
December 2018
A green mahi-mahi fish underwater
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Fish Heart Out of Water

Under the lens of a microscope—in a shallow, glass well—spindly orbs pulse at...
June 2018
Tiny jellies in a petri dish.
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Fishing for Plastic: Science in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

By now, you have probably heard of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The name...
April 2015
A view of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as seen from a NOAA research aircraft, June 2010.
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Let's Get Our Hands Dirty This Women's History Month

In the ocean world, there are many women to celebrate during Women’s History...
March 2015
Mark Dodd, a wildlife biologist from Georgia's Department of Natural Resources, surveying oiled sargassum seaweed in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
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The Oil Spill, Two Years Later

Two years ago last week, on April 20, 2010, an explosion on the oil-drilling rig...
April 2012
A variety of organisms make their home on this tropical coral reef in Indonesia.
Article

Coral Reefs Need You

For those of you who have had the opportunity to visit a coral reef, you know that...
October 2010
Photograph of an oiled brown pelican squatting on the beach.
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Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?

Lately we’ve been fielding questions from Smithsonian visitors wondering how they...
June 2010
A deep sea anglerfish called a dreamer
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The Gulf of Mexico: A Deep-Sea Treasure Trove of Fishes

Dragons, flying fish, and dreamers. These may seem like creatures from a fantasy...
January 2018
A beaked whale at the ocean's surface
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Seeing with Sound: Acoustic monitoring of beaked whales

When compared to dolphins and large baleen whales, beaked whales lose a bit of the...
November 2017
A wildlife biologist surveys oiled algae
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Five Things The Gulf Oil Spill Has Taught Us About the Ocean

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill is considered the largest...
April 2015

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